The signing of the Memorandum on joint exploration, development and development of the Dostluk hydrocarbon field in the Caspian Sea by Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan is welcomed by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Trend reports referring to Anadolu agency.

Over the past year, the specialists of the «Lebapgazchykarysh» department of the State Concern «Turkmengas» achieved good labor indicators at the North Balguyi production line.

The development strategy of the oil and gas production enterprise «Goturdepenebit» of the «Nebitgazchykarysh» trust of the State Concern «Turkmennebit» is aimed at exploration of new hydrocarbon resources and effective development of fields with the introduction of new technologies.

On Thursday, January 21, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev via videoconference, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

The medicinal properties of licorice root and the active substance in its composition, glycyrrhizic acid, in the fight against COVID-19 were discussed on January 19 during an online meeting of Turkmen specialists with the head of the Virology Center of the Essen University Hospital (Germany), Professor, Dr. A. Kravchik.

Recently, a new plant for the production of polypropylene products was put into operation in the city of Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar Territory (RF). The raw material for the operation of the enterprise is polymer balls supplied from Turkmenistan.

For 9 months of 2020, “Gazprom” has increased purchases of natural gas in Turkmenistan to 3.2 billion cubic meters, compared to 2.6 billion cubic meters in the same period in 2019. This is evidenced by the data from the memorandum of the concern's Eurobonds, Interfax reports.

At the end of 2020, Turkmenistan entered the TOP-10 countries of the world with the cheapest gasoline, according to the GlobalPetrolPrices.com website.

Today, January 15, 2021, with the participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the ceremony of commissioning a new gas compressor station at the Malay gas field in the Lebap region of Turkmenistan was held.

158 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Bedimuhamedov signed a Resolution approving the volume of petroleum products, including auto gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel for domestic consumers for 2021.

On Thursday, January 14, with the participation of the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan in the tele-bridge mode, a ceremony of commission a number of infrastructure facilities was held. These are the Akina-Andkhoy railway line, the international fiber-optic communication system and transit flows in the directions Ymamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) and Serhetabat (Turkmenistan) – Turgundi (Afghanistan), as well as a power line from the Turkmen city of Kerki to the Afghan Shibergan, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports.

The gas workers of the «Bayramalishahergaz» economic enterprise, together with the production units of the «Marygazupjunchilik» management of the «Turkmengazupjunchilik» association, confidently entered 2021, which is held under the slogan "Turkmenistan – Home of Peace and Trust".

A meeting of the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov with the President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani was held in Kabul last Saturday, the website of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.

Turkmenistan pays great attention to strengthening mutually beneficial partnership with the Republic of Korea, as one of the developed countries of the planet. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said this at a meeting last week with the new Ambassador of the Republic of South Korea to Turkmenistan Shin Sung-chul, who presented his credentials to the head of our state.